He told Sky Sports: "We certainly weren't good enough, so there should be change of some description. This does feel like the end of an era.

"We've underperformed badly. If I'm honest, we could have seen it coming a little earlier."

Despite the humilating defeat, Flower is understood to retain the backing of the ECB management team, following the appointments of Paul Downton and James Whitaker - as managing director and national selector respectively.